If we stop using polluting products like Oil, Gas, (fracking,which wastes water) and pollutes underground Wells. Stop using filthy Coal...for #BlackLungDisease and cave in..we would live longer and pay less.
We need clean AIR and WATER so people life expectancy won't decline for a 4th yr in a row.
We need clean AIR and WATER so people life expectancy won't decline for a 4th yr in a row.
September 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
If we stop using polluting products like Oil, Gas, (fracking,which wastes water) and pollutes underground Wells. Stop using filthy Coal...for #BlackLungDisease and cave in..we would live longer and pay less.
We need clean AIR and WATER so people life expectancy won't decline for a 4th yr in a row.
We need clean AIR and WATER so people life expectancy won't decline for a 4th yr in a row.
#BlackLungDisease
Isn’t caused by Solar and Wind Power
Isn’t caused by Solar and Wind Power
September 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#BlackLungDisease
Isn’t caused by Solar and Wind Power
Isn’t caused by Solar and Wind Power
black lung disease was thought to be nearly eradicated 30ish years ago
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Coal Miners Fought For Better Safety Standards. A Federal Appeals Court Is Letting the Industry Off the Hook
The silica dust rule is on pause after a federal appeals court repeatedly delayed enforcement on this long-awaited safety measure.
www.ballsandstrikes.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think workers with black lung disease, contracted while working in coal mines, would have something to say about it being "clean"...
#Coal, #BlackLungDisease
#Coal, #BlackLungDisease
Opinion by Annie Persons: Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising | kansasreflector.com/2026/05/09/t...
Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising • Kansas Reflector
For centuries, coal’s promoters have worked hard to show coal as harmless — as well as “clean” and “beautiful,” to use Trump’s words.
kansasreflector.com
May 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I think workers with black lung disease, contracted while working in coal mines, would have something to say about it being "clean"...
#Coal, #BlackLungDisease
#Coal, #BlackLungDisease
Meanwhile,
we're bringing back #BlackLungDisease
we're bringing back #BlackLungDisease
We knew China's rush to install solar and wind was going to be wild but WOW😮. The solar panels & wind turbines China installed in May alone, in a single month, will generarate as much electricity as:
-Poland
-Sweden
-Norway
-the UAE
-North Carolina&Maryland or
-Washington&Wyoming
-Poland
-Sweden
-Norway
-the UAE
-North Carolina&Maryland or
-Washington&Wyoming
June 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meanwhile,
we're bringing back #BlackLungDisease
we're bringing back #BlackLungDisease
Earth 1st always! #calltoaction #fishingindustry #mining #deepseamining #greed #corporategreed #naturalgas #blacklungdisease #AgeofExtinction #floridapanthers #EndangeredSpeciesAct #legislation #RoadlessRule #highways #EVs #cars #uspolitics
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Trump brags "We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal."
In Appalachia, public health officials tell a different story about coalminers suffering rising rates of #blacklungdisease.
Not beautiful. Not clean. Not necessary. Just say #NoToCoal
grist.org/health/in-co...
In Appalachia, public health officials tell a different story about coalminers suffering rising rates of #blacklungdisease.
Not beautiful. Not clean. Not necessary. Just say #NoToCoal
grist.org/health/in-co...
In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall
While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delay...
grist.org
May 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Trump brags "We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal."
In Appalachia, public health officials tell a different story about coalminers suffering rising rates of #blacklungdisease.
Not beautiful. Not clean. Not necessary. Just say #NoToCoal
grist.org/health/in-co...
In Appalachia, public health officials tell a different story about coalminers suffering rising rates of #blacklungdisease.
Not beautiful. Not clean. Not necessary. Just say #NoToCoal
grist.org/health/in-co...
Black lung disease cases have reached a 50-year high in the US, leaving retired coalminers facing severe delays in securing medical benefits.
resist47.news — news & tools for the resistance.
#resist47 #BlackLungDisease #CoalMiners #Pneumoconiosis #BlackLungBenefits
resist47.news — news & tools for the resistance.
#resist47 #BlackLungDisease #CoalMiners #Pneumoconiosis #BlackLungBenefits
‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
via US news | The Guardian — Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia. After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung disease, medically known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), caused by breathing in coal dust over long periods, which irreversibly damages the lungs. Continue reading...
resist47.news
September 20, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Black lung disease cases have reached a 50-year high in the US, leaving retired coalminers facing severe delays in securing medical benefits.
resist47.news — news & tools for the resistance.
#resist47 #BlackLungDisease #CoalMiners #Pneumoconiosis #BlackLungBenefits
resist47.news — news & tools for the resistance.
#resist47 #BlackLungDisease #CoalMiners #Pneumoconiosis #BlackLungBenefits
Coal Miners today are exposed to higher levels of silica - glass is silica. They are breathing dust sized glass particles so are getting #BlackLungDisease at a much younger age. #miners often die before getting benefits. SHAME
#OSHA
@murphy4va.bsky.social
www.mingomessenger.com/obituaries/a...
#OSHA
@murphy4va.bsky.social
www.mingomessenger.com/obituaries/a...
WV Mine Wars Museum's 'Entirely preventable' photography exhibit sparks call for action on black lung
While the purpose of a reception held June 20 at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum was to highlight the museum's newest exhibit, the speakers at the event highlighted the
www.mingomessenger.com
July 5, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Coal Miners today are exposed to higher levels of silica - glass is silica. They are breathing dust sized glass particles so are getting #BlackLungDisease at a much younger age. #miners often die before getting benefits. SHAME
#OSHA
@murphy4va.bsky.social
www.mingomessenger.com/obituaries/a...
#OSHA
@murphy4va.bsky.social
www.mingomessenger.com/obituaries/a...
Coal miners lose free black lung screenings after Trump's NIOSH cuts youtu.be/5jZR47zG-Zk?... via @YouTube #coal #health #coalminers #miners #blacklung #blacklungdisease #topicalnews #news #noteworthy #newsworthy
Coal miners lose free black lung screenings after Trump's NIOSH cuts
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Coal miners lose free black lung screenings after Trump's NIOSH cuts youtu.be/5jZR47zG-Zk?... via @YouTube #coal #health #coalminers #miners #blacklung #blacklungdisease #topicalnews #news #noteworthy #newsworthy
